Manufacturing Planner/Scheduler III
Thermo Fisher Scientific

Job Info

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Work Schedule
Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions
Office

Job Description

Location/Division Specific Information

Our Cincinnati site is a Center of Excellence for specialized oral solid dose manufacturing and pharmaceutical drug development within our Pharma Services Group (PSG).

How will you make an impact?

The Manufacturing Planner/Scheduler III will create a master schedule for the commercial manufacturing work stream. Collaborate with Purchasing, Logistics, Planning, Operations, and Project Management teams to ensure schedule stability and readiness. Support process improvement initiatives within the Planning team. This individual will receive little instruction on day-to-day work, and general instruction on new assignments, and will work on complex assignments requiring in-depth evaluation of variable factors.

Key Responsibilities:

• Create a schedule for commercial manufacturing work stream in line with scheduling parameters aligned with operation partners, ensuring maximum asset and labor utilization.
• Collaborate with Planning and Project Management teams to ensure production readiness; enable schedule stability and resolve conflicts.

• Maintain SAP and Taylor master data integrity.
• Own and report key metrics, including scheduled attainment and OTIF.
• Lead Value Stream and Manufacturing Review huddles.
• Collaborate with Planners and S&OP Planner for required SAP changes to routings.
• Create strong relationships with cross-functional teams to enable collaboration and process improvements.

• Lead / participate in weekly Readiness reviews.

Support other scheduling functions, including backup to Packaging/PDS Scheduler.

Required Experience:

• HS Diploma or GED is required

Preferred Experience:

• 5 years Supply Chain experience in a manufacturing environment.
• BS in Supply Chain, Engineering, or another business or technical field preferred.
• Formal process improvement / operational excellence training is preferred.
• Experience in enterprise business systems and business software.
• Previous production scheduling experience preferred.
• SAP experience required.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

• Strong leadership skills and ability to manage conflict and drive resolutions.
• Ability to pull data and compile to formulate improvement initiatives across the department.
• Ability to inspire, foster innovation, collaborate, and effectively manage cross-functional teams.
• Concise and effective written, interpersonal, and presentation skills
• Ability to support multiple initiatives simultaneously
• Excellent MS Office skills
• Strong understanding of GMP requirements
• Organized and able to work independently with minimal supervision.

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